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Yuzu Persimmon Leaf
Steady and bright, to carry the afternoon through to evening.
S$24 · 12 tea bags
Ships by Sun 11 Oct
- Ingredients
- Saijo persimmon leaf (pesticide-free), yuzu
- Tasting notes
- full-bodied, woody, honey
- Benefits
- Persimmon leaf holds several times more vitamin C than a lemon
How to brew
- Hot
1 bag to 240 ml of water at 100°C
Steep 5 minutes, or leave the bag in. It won't turn bitter.
- Iced
Brew hot, then chill fully before pouring over ice
For sparkling, run the chilled tea through a carbonator
- Cold brew
1 bag to 240 ml of cold water, or 4 bags to a liter
Steep 8 hours, or overnight, in the fridge
Where our persimmon leaf is grown
Izumo, Shimane
Izumo is where Japan's myths begin. Every autumn the gods are said to leave the rest of the country and gather at the great shrine of Izumo Taisha, so while everywhere else calls it the month without gods, Izumo calls it the month with them. Shimane grows more Saijo persimmon than anywhere in Japan, and some of its trees have stood for centuries. Our leaf comes from that old persimmon country.
A history of persimmon leaf
Records from the famines of the 1830s tell of people eating young persimmon leaves, and in mountain villages where a persimmon tree grows by every house the leaves were brewed at home. In the 20th century the health teacher Nishi Katsuzo made kakinoha-cha known across the country. Few plants hold as much vitamin C as the persimmon leaf, several times more than a lemon, and in Japan it has long been known as the vitamin C tea. It gives a full-bodied, dry and woody cup, and we brighten it with yuzu.
Our promise
- Straight from the farmer
- The base ingredient comes directly from farmers in Japan
- Always caffeine-free
- It's a tisane. There's no tea leaf in it.
- Good for the body and the planet
- Soilon®, a plant-based corn fiber mesh developed in Japan, certified biodegradable
